RSoft Design Group Enhances Optical Communication System Simulation Tools, Intros New Products for EDFA and Multimode System Design.Business Editors OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2003 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2003 OptSim 3.6, LinkSIM 3.4, Multimode Simulation Platform, And EDFA (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier) A device that boosts the signal in an optical fiber. Introduced in the late 1980s, the EDFA was the first successful optical amplifier. For Vendors Are Announced At OFC 2003 RSoft Design Group, Inc. (http://www.rsoftdesign.com) today announced new developments in its family of System Simulation tools, including OptSim(TM) Version 3.6, for simulation-assisted design and validation of optical transmission systems; LinkSIM(TM) Version 3.4, for optical system-level modeling and simulation; Multimode Simulation Platform(TM), the industry's only tool for design and simulation of multimode optical communication systems; and EDFA for Vendors(TM), for EDFA design and analysis that supports customers of Erbium-doped fiber vendors with customized component models. OptSim 3.6 OptSim is a powerful, user-friendly tool for simulation-assisted design and validation of optical transmission systems including optical networks, DWDM/OTDM amplified systems, ultra long-haul terrestrial and submarine systems, and CATV/digital/analog systems. Formerly offered by ARTIS ARTIS Avon Rubber Technology Innovation and Science (England) ARTIS Alpha Remote Terminal Interactive System ARTIS Advanced Radar Target Identification System ARTIS Alpha Remote Terminal Inquiry System , OptSim is now being developed by RSoft as a result of RSoft's recent acquisition of ARTIS' intellectual property. Version 3.6 includes a comprehensive VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Pronounced "vixel." A type of laser diode that emits light from its surface rather than its edge. A VCSEL's circular beam is easy to couple with a fiber, and due to its surface-emission architecture, can be tested model that accounts for both spatial and thermal effects and multimode fiber An optical fiber with a larger core than singlemode fiber. It is the most commonly used fiber for short distances such as LANs. Light can enter the core at different angles, making it easier to connect the light source to broader light sources such as LEDs. models. Another major development is a SPICE interface -- essential for accurate circuit-level modeling of the interaction between the laser driver and the laser. This much-requested feature bridges the gap between simulation of the electrical and optical domains. Other enhancements include new models such as an electrical saturation block and extended library of vendor components, and an interface to RSoft's award-winning device-level BeamPROP(TM). In addition, the MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and co-simulation interface is now available on all OptSim platforms. LinkSIM 3.4 LinkSIM 3.4 is a user-friendly optical communication system design and simulation package that features sophisticated component modeling and simulation analysis (language, simulation) SIMulation ANalysis - (SIMAN) A simulation language, especially for manufacturing systems, developed by C. Dennis Pegden in 1983. ["Introduction to Simulation using SIMAN", C.D. Pegden et al, McGraw-Hill 1990]. . Technical enhancements in this latest version include Forward Error Correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. (FEC See forward error correction. FEC - Forward Error Correction ) performance modeling, a MATLAB co-simulation interface, component models for optical signal and noise modeling, a component parameter editing interface that makes link design more intuitive, an interactive simulation results analysis tool, and support for encryption of component parameters. Multimode Simulation Platform This new platform, offered as an optional LinkSIM configuration, is the only system-level tool that includes both spatial and temporal attributes of optical signal propagation. It models the transverse output field characteristic of multimode lasers, the spatial coupling of multimode components including lasers and fibers, the modal propagation and dispersion in multimode fiber, encircled en·cir·cle tr.v. en·cir·cled, en·cir·cling, en·cir·cles 1. To form a circle around; surround. See Synonyms at surround. 2. To move or go around completely; make a circuit of. flux, differential mode delay, and modal bandwidth. This new platform supports critical simulation and analysis studies for the design of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and other leading-edge multimode optical communication systems. EDFA for Vendors Erbium-doped fiber vendors want to be able to offer customers flexible simulation software with their fiber shipments. To address this need, RSoft's EDFA for Vendors allows customers to use vendor-specific data such as the Giles parameters to simulate a vendor's fiber in a variety of EDFA designs. A wide range of design scenarios can be investigated, including different pumping schemes, multi-stage amplifier configurations, and much more. This tool provides detailed modeling of vendors' Erbium-doped fiber products, including both standard and lot-specific component parameters provided by leading EDF (algorithm) EDF - earliest deadline first. vendors, to help customers design and simulate optical amplifiers. EDFA for Vendors is based on the powerful and user-friendly LinkSIM CAD tool. OptSim 3.6, LinkSIM 3.4, Multimode Simulation Platform, and EDFA for Vendors are being demonstrated at OFC 2003 in RSoft's booth, #2862. RSoft also invites OFC attendees to an Exhibitor Showcase presentation, "Software Solutions for the Simulation of Optical Communication Systems," in Hall B4, Room ES2 on Wednesday, March 26 at 11 AM. About RSoft Design Group, Inc. Offering a comprehensive suite of design and business analysis software solutions to the telecommunications and photonics industries, RSoft Design Group is the only company that provides a full range of simulation and planning software and services across the entire component to network-level hierarchy. The company's award-winning products are used by researchers, manufacturers, systems integrators, and service providers to address design challenges ranging from the physics of component design to the business implications of planning wired and wireless networks. RSoft Design Group, Inc. is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation with software development offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Jersey, Illinois and Silicon Valley, and global marketing operations in the Pacific Rim, Europe, and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.rsoftdesign.com. |
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